GDT: #21: FLYERS at Sabres, Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2018, 7:30 p.m. ET

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

BUFFALO SABRES (13-6-2) vs. PHILADELPHIA FLYERS (9-9-2)

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BROADCAST INFORMATION

• Television: NBCSP+, NBCSN [Gord Miller (play-by-play) and Brian Boucher (‘Inside-the-Glass’ analyst)]
• Radio: 97.5 FM 97.5 The Fanatic unless a change to 93.3 FM 93.3 WMMR - Everything That Rocks!
• Flyers 24/7: Flyers Radio 24/7
• Streams: Do not post or request any streams or links to unauthorized sites.

TEAMS' WEBSITES

• Flyers' Facebook: Security Check Required
• Flyers' Twitter: Philadelphia Flyers (@NHLFlyers) | Twitter
• Flyers' Website: Official Philadelphia Flyers Website
• Sabres' Website: Official Buffalo Sabres Website

GAME PREVIEW, NOTES and STATISTICS

• Preview: 5 Things: PHI vs. BUF
• NHL Stats: NHL.com - Stats
• Flyers' Stats: Philadelphia Flyers Stats | 2018-2019
• Sabres' Stats: Buffalo Sabres Stats | 2018-2019

TEAMS' STATISTICS

Team	GP	Record	Pts	Home	Away	GF	GA	PP%	PK%	FO%	Save%
Sabres	21	13-6-2	28	6-2-1	7-4-1	63	60	17.4	82.7	48.4	.912
Flyers	20	9-9-2	20	4-6-1	5-3-1	62	71	16.2	68.6	55.2	.880

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PHILADELPHIA FLYERS

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Possible Lineup
Lines

28 Claude Giroux - 14 Sean Couturier -11 Travis Konecny
23 Oskar Lindblom - 19 Nolan Patrick - 93 Jakub Voracek
25 James van Riemsdyk - 40 Jordan Weal - 17 Wayne Simmonds
22 Dale Weise - 15 Jori Lehterä - 21 Scott Laughton​

Pairings

9 Ivan Provorov - 8 Robert Hägg
53 Shayne Gostisbehere - 26 Christian Folin
6 Travis Sanheim - 3 Radko Gudas​

Goalies

33 Calvin Pickard - 34 Alex Lyon (could start)
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Power Plays

PP1: Van Riemsdyk, Couturier, Voracek, Gostisbehere, Giroux
PP2: Simmonds, Patrick, Konecny, Provorov, Weal
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Injuries and Scratches

10 Corban Knight (F) is on IR. He has a broken collarbone, could miss four months (Oct. 31).
22 Michael Raffl (F) is on IR due to a left foot injury (Oct. 23). He could return later this month (Nov. 20).
30 Michal Neuvirth (G) is on IR. He has a lower body injury (Nov. 4). He has skated but not participated in a full practice and could return in early December (Nov. 20).
37 Brian Elliott (G) will be out approximately two weeks due to a possible groin injury (Nov. 16).
47 Andrew MacDonald (D) could be a healthy scratch.
62 Nicolas Aube-Kubel (F) could be a healthy scratch.
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MEDIA CONTACTS
Athletic, The

Web site - The Athletic (@TheAthleticPHI) | Twitter
Alexander Appleyard's Twitter - Alexander Appleyard (@avappleyard) | Twitter
Charlie O'Connor's Twitter - Charlie O'Connor (@charlieo_conn) | Twitter​

Courier-Post of South Jersey

Web site | Flyers - NHL - News - CourierPostOnline.com
Dave Isaac's Twitter | Dave Isaac (@davegisaac) | Twitter​

HockeyBuzz.com

Web site -- http://www.hockeybuzz.com/team/Philadelphia-Flyers
Bill Meltzer's Twitter -- Bill Meltzer (@billmeltzer) | Twitter​

NBC Sports Philadelphia

Web site -- Flyers
John Boruk's Twitter -- John Boruk (@johnborukNBCS) | Twitter​

Philadelphia Daily News and Inquirer

Web site -- Philly.com Flyers
Sam Carchidi's Twitter -- Sam Carchidi (@BroadStBull) | Twitter​

BUFFALO SABRES

Possible Lineup
Lines

53 Jeff Skinner - 9 Jack Eichel - 29 Jason Pominville
43 Conor Sheary - 37 Casey Mittelstadt - 21 Kyle Okposo
72 Tage Thompson - 17 Vladimir Sobotka - 23 Sam Reinhart
71 Evan Rodrigues - 28 Zegmus Girgensons- 22 Johan Larsson ​

Pairings

55 Rasmus Ristolainen - 19 Jake McCabe
26 Rasmus Dahlin - 4 Zach Bogosian
24 Lawrence Pilut - 8 Casey Nelson​

Goalies

40 Carter Hutton - 35 Linus Ullmark​

Injuries and Scratches

6 Marco Scandella (D) is out due to a lower body injury. Lawrence Pilut (D) has been recalled.
10 Patrik Berglund (F) is on IR. He has an upper body injury (Nov. 21).
20 Scott Wilson (F) is on IR. He had surgery to repair a fractured right ankle (Sept. 29).
81 Remi Elie (F) could be a healthy scratch.
82 Nathan Beaulieu (D) could be a healthy scratch​

MEDIA CONTACTS
Athletic, The

Web site -- The Athletic
John Vogl's Twitter -- John Vogl (@BuffaloVogl) | Twitter
Joe Yerdon's Twitter -- Joe Yerdon (@JoeYerdon) | Twitter​

Buffalo News

Web site -- Sabres - The Buffalo News
Mike Harrington's Twitter -- Mike Harrington (@ByMHarrington) | Twitter
Lance Lysowski's Twitter -- Lance Lysowski (@LLysowski) | Twitter​

Olean Times-Herald

Web site -- Sabres
Bill Hoppe's Twitter -- Bill Hoppe (@BillHoppeNHL) | Twitter​

Spectrum News

Ted Goldberg's Twitter -- Ted Goldberg (@TedGoldbergTV) | Twitter​

UPCOMING SCHEDULE

Date	Opponent	Time (ET)	Television (subject to change)
Nov. 23 (Black Friday)	vs. NYR	1:00 pm	NBC
November 24	at Toronto	7:00 pm	NHLN-US, CBC, SN1, NBCSP
November 27	vs.Ottawa	7:00 pm	NBCSP, RDS2, TSN5
December 1	at Pittsburgh	7:00 pm	ATTSN-PT, NBCSP
December 6	vs.Columbus	7:00 pm	NBCSP, FS-O
December 8	at Buffalo	1:00 pm	SN, MSG-B, NBCSP
December 9	at Winnipeg	3:00 pm	TVAS, TSN3, NBCSP+
December 12	at Calgary	8:30 pm	SN, NBCSP

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GAME DAY THREAD MUSIC

"I Am the Sword" by Motorhead
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[Striiker]

Time for some Flyers bingo!

Welp... looks like my stupid ass messed up and repeated a square...

 

[CapnZin]

 

[CutOnDime97]

Who even gives a f*** about this team

 

[Domino666]

Time for some Flyers bingo!

Yesssssss absolute gold!!!!!
Well done Striiker!!!

 

[Rebels57]

Who even gives a **** about this team

 

[Angry Hockey Dad]

Flyers Bingo is absolute gold. I'm gonna print that off and play at home for the season

 

[Adtar02]

Yesssssss absolute gold!!!!!
Well done Striiker!!!

Might be another good noodle star

 

[Striiker]

Yesssssss absolute gold!!!!!
Well done Striiker!!!

Flyers Bingo is absolute gold. I'm gonna print that off and play at home for the season

Might be another good noodle star

Thanks

I might’ve made it too easy though.

 

[Tripod]

Someone needs to actually track that during the game and keep posting the updated version as it happens!

Also, well done having Weal in the "centre gimme" spot.

 

[Striiker]

Time for some Flyers bingo!

Welp... looks like my stupid ass messed up and repeated a square...

Had to fix it. Had "opponent scores first" twice.

 

[bennysflyers16]

Top team with top goalie, what could go wrong.

 

[Striiker]

Top team with top goalie, what could go wrong.

I promise you the Flyers win. Trust me.

 

[Tripod]

Yup...we are winning this one.

 

[RANKKA]

can i do this already?

 

[Bruckuss]

B-3

 

[kudymen]

Had to fix it. Had "opponent scores first" twice.

I am thinking of enriching this with what Hakstol defenders (would) say in each of these events

 

[Striiker]

I am thinking of enriching this with what Hakstol defenders (would) say in each of these events

Every block would be "Had no choice"

EDIT- And now I see I f***ed up that card too....

supposed to be "slump" not slum"...

I give up.

 

[Rodu58]

Can we never see Pickard again? He's as bad as Mrazek was, just bad in dif ways

 

[MacDonald4MVP]

Skinner is on fire. Ditto for Hoffman, it's just crazy how gms willingly want to get rid of these players. Ditto O'Reilly. Fricking Weiss has more points than Berglund and sobotka lol.

 

[TheKingPin]

If Hakstol didn’t bench Lindblom for wiese, Ghost for Provy in OT, and Folin for Amac, we win the last game. We have the worst gaa in the league. His tactics cost goals and points and do not improve defense.

 

[FLYguy3911]

Can we never see Pickard again? He's as bad as Mrazek was, just bad in dif ways

He's worse than Mrazek. Terrible playing the puck too. He had like 3 misplays with the puck that led directly to scoring chances yesterday.

 

[MacDonald4MVP]

If Hakstol didn’t bench Lindblom for wiese, Ghost for Provy in OT, and Folin for Amac, we win the last game. We have the worst gaa in the league. His tactics cost goals and points and do not improve defense.

It's as if he has manure flowing in his head.

 

[Striiker]

He's worse than Mrazek. Terrible playing the puck too. He had like 3 misplays with the puck that led directly to scoring chances yesterday.

Every single game he's made at least one horrible pass with the puck. It's shocking how bad his puck handling and decision making are.

 

[Rebels57]

I'm totally shocked that the Flyers find themselves with disastrous goaltending after Hextall willingly entered a season with an Elliott - Neuvirth tandem.

TOTALLY SHOCKED.